Improvement in carriage-spring supporters



UNITED STATES NELSON A. NEWTON, OF SOHOOLORAFT, MICHIGAN'.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-SPRING SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,096, dated May 21,1872.

' State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCarriage-Spring Supporters; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description o f the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of referencey marked thereon.

This invention has for its object the produc tion of a simple device forpreventing carriagesprings from being unduly strained laterally by thepitching forward or backward of the carriagebody; and consists mainly inthe combination of a bracket or arm attachedr to the body of thecarriage, with a hinged rod attached to the reach or axle, as will befully described hereinafter.

In the drawing a side elevation of my improved device is represented. r

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.V

A represents a bracket, consisting of the stema and branching arms c c.The lower end of the stem a is loosely jointed to one end ofthe rod B,and the arms a c are securely iiXed in any proper manner to thecarriagebody at about its center. The opposite end of the rod B isconnected by a hinge-joint to the standard O, which is securely'attachedeither to the reach of the wagon or to one of the axles.

The operation of this device will be easily understood. The bracket A isfree to move vertically with the movement of the carriagebody, suchmovement being permitted by the swinging of the rod B. The bracket isalso free to adjust itself to the different inclines assumed by thecarriage-body when one spring is depressed more than another, suchadjustment being permitted by its jointed connection with the rod B; butwhile the vertical movement of thecarriage is permitted freely, itsmovelnent forward or backward, independent of the runnin ggear, isabsolutely prevented by the rigidity of the rod B, so that it isimpossible to strain the springs laterally by the pitching forward orbackward of the carriagebodv.

The device is exceedingly simple, and can be produced at a small cost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The device described, consisting of the bracket A, rod B, and standardC, constructed sub stantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 24th day of January, 1872.

' NELSON A. NEWTON.

Witnesses: Y

O. T. TUTHLLL, S. H. WARD.

